43861 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery

Written Question
Published date: 18 Sep 2025
43861 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery: What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 1 September 2025, listed by agency, title and date received?
Hon Mark Mitchell: As the Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery, I regularly request and receive advice from officials on matters relating to my Emergency Management and Recovery portfolio. I received the following documents from officials in the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) between 1-5 September 2025: • Operational Recovery Weekly Status Report_ Upper South Island Severe Weather Event 2025, -4 September, 4 September 2025 • 2025.09.05 Status Report to the Minister for EM and Recovery, 4 September 2025. I also received four additional documents within the specified timeframe; however, it is not in the public interest to release the title of this document. In addition, staff in my office may informally receive documents, including draft documents, from officials in NEMA and Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and from other agencies, and from Ministers’ offices. This information is not held in a format that can be easily extracted within the time frame.